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An after-school dance party, Jenna Forrester said, helped to focus and relax the Southern Lehigh team before Wednesday night's Colonial League girls volleyball championship at Saucon Valley High School. "We just blasted music and danced like idiots," said Forrester, explaining the festivities. It worked well for the Spartans. A focused and relaxed Southern Lehigh team danced their way past Notre Dame-Green Pond in three straight sets to claim a second consecutive championship. After a tenuous 26-24 win in the first set, coach Don West's Spartans seized control to capture the second set, 25-15, and take the third set, 25-19. The teams had split two previous...

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